The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-12
LOCAL Bl.EvITIEs.
Matters Of Minor Moment In and About
the City. 49,
MArIssrs at both theatres to-day.

~ the City.
MATIYgEs at both theatres to-day.
"sl PERKINS, or the Girl Lett Behind"
at the Opera House this afternoon and
evening. rs. t1t.
The Star Drum Corps, composed Of a
number Of popular young men Of East
Wheeling, gaye o largely attended ball at
Turner Hall last night.
KRAMKR's orchestra went 10 steuben.
vile last night to play for another Of the
Bachelor clubs enjoyable hops. Kramer
Ia In great demand Of late. srg.
Nix. s. z. HrLDnErH will ole. at public
sale his residence, corner Broadway and
Ohio streets, Ialand, this morning at tho
front door Of the Court House.
THERE will be q meeting Of the South
Side branch OF tho Y. NJ. O. A. hold In
the Wesley NJ. L. Church tomorrow, Sun
day, afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, to which
all young men are invited.
IT Is rumored that tho Dsnwood Iron
Works company contemplate the erec
ton In the near future OF plate mill neal
Ito plant at Benwood. This suburb Is issi
becoming noted manufacturing point.
The paper put on the walls and in the
windowa Tor "Nancy & Co.," which Is Ia
be played at tho Opera House Monday
night, and that for N. S. Wood, who ap'
pears all the week at the Grand, Ia the
is tho finest that has been seen hero fol
come time.
MHs. ELIZA BURLINGTON, died at Mounds.
vile Thursday night, in the Slst year Of
her age, and will DO buried Sunday after
noon. Mrs. Burlington was formerly a
resident OF this city and we'll known to the
older citizens, being daughter Of the late
Henry Sockman.
The Council Committee on Health met
at the Public Building last evening. MIR.
Jaeger was mado Chairman, and tho bills,
OF which there were large number, were
audited. Mr.. Axtell appeared and ex.
planned hiaexcellent tiltering scheme, and
Mr.. NJ. V. Smith was present to talk about
the crematory that he expects to test some
time next week. g
SHERIFF GEORGE L. SISclSDIvER, oil
Berkeley county, accompanied by NJ. W.
Martin and l. B. Swandon, in the capacity
Of guards, registered from Martinsburg OF
tho Stamm last evening, having come up
from Moundsville, where they placed some
prisoners recently convicted at term Of
court in Berkeley county, to terms Of i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary.
TIE Mountcastle Company, which has
been playing at che Grand all OF this
week. and which closes ito engagement
there tonight, appeared last evening DO.
fore fair house in "a Dangerous
Woman" which waa vol put on and
cleverly acted. To.night's farewell bill
will be "Rosedale." The iavorito drama
"Diyorce" will DO repeated at this after
noon's matinee.
The Laushlin nail factory, across the
river, which has been closed down en-.
tirely, owing to the strike among the
workers at the Lsushlin and Junction
steel plant, at Alingo, and the consequent
inability Of their works tofurnish material
to work on, is reported to have started up
again last evening. 1t is not known where
or how the steel was procured II this re-
port is true. The factory Of the Benweod
company Is again idle, having consumed
all the nail plate received from the Bell
aire steel plant.
In Police Court yesterday morning,
Elmer Smith, the young man run in by
Officer Devlin the day before, was fined
$40 and coats for peddling without license,
ss the charge against him read. In
reality he was working the ring racket.
he would call at house, represent him
self as man from Cleveland anxious to
get home and willing to put up ring
that he said was worth Sl2 for s., prom.
Using to redeem the ring as soon as he got
back to Cleveland. He worked this
scheme very successfully in dozen or
more places, and when arrested had
seventeen OF the spurious rings and
plenty Of money on his person. he ia
said to hail from Bellaire.